Should You Leave California in 2020?

I don’t have to run a Google Search to know what’s on everyone of my California friends’ minds right now — should we all leave California?

How did we get here? Wasn’t it just yesterday we were bragging about the good weather, the plentiful recreational activities, Disney Land, and the beach? Why does everybody want to leave? Surely California is a paradise state still, right? I mean, Gavin Newsom says so.

I guess it was somewhere during the course of the tough Covid-19 crackdowns, the hazardous air quality due to rampant wildfires, riots in major metropolitan areas, homeless running the streets, and what seems to be a myriad of strange political decisions leaving much to be desired that we all started thinking the same thing — we’ve got to get out of California.

Wait. Just hold your horses, young cowboy. Trust me: I understand your frustration. But despite the fact that both Ben Shapiro and Joe Rogan are leaving the Golden state for “more freedom”, there are a few things you might want to consider.

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